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Paris Olympics Day 1: Manu Bhaker qualifies; China win first gold

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Paris Olympics Day 1- Catch the scores, highlights and updates.

India’s Manu Bhaker qualified for 10m Air Pistol final on Paris Olympics Day 1. She finished 3rd in the qualifying event with an impressive score of 580-27x.

Indian result- Paris Olympics Day 1

BOXING

Women’s 54kg (Round of 32) – Preeti Pawar beats Thi Kim Ah Vo (Vietnam) 5-0. 

HOCKEY

Men’s Pool B – India beat New Zealand 3-2 

TABLE TENNIS

Men’s Singles (Preliminary Round) – Harmeet Desai beat Zaid Abo Yaman 4-0 

TENNIS

Men’s Doubles (1st Round) – Rohan Bopanna/N. Sriram Balaji vs Gael Monfils/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) – Delayed due to rain 

BADMINTON

Men’s Doubles (Group Stage) – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty beat Lucas Corvee/Ronan Labar 21-17, 21-14 

Men’s Singles (Group Stage) – Lakshya Sen beat Kevin Cordon (21-8, 22-20) 

Women’s Doubles (Group Stage) – Ashwini Ponappa/Tanisha Crasto lost to Kim So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong 21-18, 21-10

SHOOTING

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team (Qualification) – India 2 (Ramita Jindal/Arjun Babuta) – 628.7 points (6th) 

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team (Qualification) – India 1 (Elavenil Valarivan/Sandeep Singh) – 626.3 points (12th) 

10m Air Pistol Men’s (Qualification) – Sarabjot Singh 577 points – (9th) 

10m Air Pistol Men’s (Qualification) – Arjun Singh Cheema – 574 points – (18th) 

10m Air Pistol Women’s (Qualification) – Manu Bhaker – 580 points (3rd, qualified for final) 

10m Air Pistol Women’s (Qualification) – Rhythm Sangwan – 573 points (15th) 

ROWING

Men’s Single Sculls (Heats) – Panwar Balraj – 7:07.11 (qualified for repechage)

Other Results- Paris Olympics Day 1

China won the first gold of the Paris Olympics. Their Air Rifle Mixed Team of Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao beat Republic of Korea’s Kim Jihyeon and Park Hajun 16-12 in the summit clash to win the gold.

China also won gold medal in the Women’s Diving event.

Australia secured two gold medals. The first one came in Road Cycling and the second one in Swimming. Ariarne Titmus defended her 400m Freestyle title.

France won its first gold medal of the 2024 Games in Rugby Sevens. They defeated Fiji in the final.

Medal Table- Paris Olympics Day 1

  Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Australia 2 1 0 3
2 China 2 0 0 2
3 France 1 1 1 3
4 Belgium 1 0 1 2
4 Japan 1 0 1 2
5 Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1
7 Germany 1 0 0 1
8 USA 0 1 2 3
9 Great Britain 0 1 1 2
9 Italy 0 1 1 2
9 Republic of Korea 0 1 1 2
India 0 0 0 0
 
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